After playing with my embroideries and the possible placement of them on my drapes in Illustrator, I found it difficult to drape my first contemporary design onto my toiles. I didn’t want to scale it down or up as I … Continue reading →

This drape is a simple, very shapely jacket/vest that captures the simplicity I wish to achieve within my drapes to allow the embroideries to be the feature rather than the silhouette. I explored the embroidery placement of multiple samples, however … Continue reading →

I am pleased with how this toile turned out as well, I used flat felt seams on the upper part of it as an aesthetic feature and to allow embroidery placement either over them or inside the shape they create. … Continue reading →

I decided the best way to experiment with embroidery placement on my first toile was to bring the image into Adobe and to bring my embroidery images in as well (I had planned to do this on Photoshop however I couldn’t … Continue reading →

After stitching up my first drape into a toile and moveable garment I decided to make a few changes to certain areas. I lowered the neckline and made the arm holes wider for ease of movement, I did not want … Continue reading →

After completing my first drape, which was very much based on an illustration and developed only slightly on the mannequin I decided to conduct my second drape more organically on the mannequin. I started by cutting a simple half moon … Continue reading →

For my first drape I decided to explore using pleats as a feature of the garment, to reflect the lines associated with the scallop shell as a fabric manipulation. Using pleats may prove to be difficult as it would be … Continue reading →

As part of our assessment task for this global study we have to create a minimum of two bodice or dress toiles, that indicate where our embroidery samples would be placed/ incorporated. An idea I first had for this part … Continue reading →